Shane Bauer

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New
York, September 21, 2011--The Committee to Protect
Journalists welcomes the news that U.S. journalist Shane Bauer and his friend Josh
Fattal were released today on US$1 million bail by the Iranian government after
two years in Tehran's Evin Prison, according to news reports.

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On July 30, three American hikers in Iran will have endured an entire year in custody, held without charge or a modicum of due process. This is obviously a terrible injustice, so much so that it surprises me when I mention their situation to skeptical friends or colleagues who believe that the three were foolish to hike along the Iranian border and should have anticipated the consequences.

Amid the greatest national political upheaval since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Iran launched a full-scale assault on the media and the opposition. In mid-June, mass protests erupted in response to official election results showing incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad winning by a large margin against his main opposition challenger, reformist Mir-Hossein Mousavi. The government responded with a wide-ranging and cruel campaign to suppress dissent. As protests against perceived electoral fraud spiraled into mass demonstrations, Iranian authorities threw dozens of journalists behind bars (where many were reportedly tortured), shuttered and censored news outlets, and barred foreign journalists from reporting. During the protests and crackdown, blogs and social media sites became front-line news sources. The crackdown increased the level of repression in a regime already hostile toward the press, and followed the months-long imprisonment of an Iranian-American freelance journalist, Roxana Saberi.

I hope Iran's
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad checked his fax machine this morning because he
received an important letter urging the release of three American hikers held
now for five months without charge. I joined 79 signatories from a dozen
countries in signing the appeal because I am gravely concerned that the hikers are being
used as political pawns in a frightening game of nuclear diplomacy.

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The families of Shane Bauer, Josh Fattal, and Sarah Shourd,
the three hikers detained in Iran,
said today they are concerned about their children’s emotional well-being after
nearly
four months in prison. They asked supporters to send letters, which they
will seek to deliver to them in Evin Prison in Tehran, where the three are being held.

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New York, November 6,
2009—No charges have been brought against three American hikers nearly 100
days since they were detained after accidentally crossing the border from Iraqi
Kurdistan into Iran
while on a hiking trip on July 31.

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The notion that three American hikers could innocently
wander across the border from Iraqi Kurdistan into Iran has elicited some
understandable skepticism. But a statement from their friend who stayed behind
in his hotel because he was ill helps explain how the situation unfolded.

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New York, August 5, 2009--The Committee to Protect
Journalists called today for the release of three Americans--one of whom is a
journalist--who were arrested on July 31 in Iran. The three have been charged
with illegally entering the country.

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New York, August 4, 2009--Five journalists have been released in Iran,
including one on Monday who had been held for a year. The other four were
picked up in the crackdown following the June 12 elections.